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Volumes, etc. Flashcards

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Rules of conduct

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Every member is expected to operate in a highly self disciplined manner and is responsible to regulate his or her own conduct in a positive manner, productive and mature way

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Employee discipline

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It is the policy of Phoenix fire that supervisors administer discipline in a corrective, progressive, and lawful manner

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Principal objective of disciplinary action

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To improve or correct performance, efficiency and morale of the member receiving discipline as well as that of the department

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Employee assistance program

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Many times just listening will help members reason through problems. Other times serious alcohol, drugs, stress, marital or financial problems, the member may require professional assistance. Help is available through the employee assistance program.

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Programs for improving job performance

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Training, employee assistance services, non-disciplinary counseling, disciplinary action

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Investigative process

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Summary of incident, interviews conducted, conclusions, recommendations, attachments

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Suspected on duty substance abuse

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If reasonable grounds to believe that the employee is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the supervisor may direct the employee to submit a drug screen and or blood alcohol test.

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Drug or alcohol test results

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Testing positive or if refusing to test shall be considered unfit for work and be relieved from duty that day

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Supervisory counseling

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Verbal-most common and least severe of corrective actions.

Written-memo of counseling. This memo may be placed in employees personal file

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Suspension, demotion or dismissal

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The Fire Chief or make the final decision concerning suspensions demotions or dismissal ensuring consistency of serious discipline throughout the department

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Complaints

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Complaints alleging serious administrative or criminal misconduct will be assigned to the performance auditing section

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Industrial leave

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Absence from work as a result of an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of city employment or occupational disease is arising out of in the course city employment

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Accident reporting

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Accidents involving fire department vehicles must be reported to the alarm immediately

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Safety management system

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The prevention and reduction of accidents, injuries and occupational illness is our goals of the PFD and shall be primary considerations at all times. The PFD shall make every reasonable effort to provide a safe and healthy work environment, recognizing the dangers of all the types of service we deliver

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Hearing protection

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Personnel shall wear hearing protection when exposed to noise above 85 dB.

Going code 3
Aircraft ops
Using tools like saws, sledgehammers, etc
Near utility truck

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CALSSRC

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Central Arizona life safety system response council

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CALSSRC defines the customer

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Any person who receives our services and anyone with who our members have dealings

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Command procedures

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Designed to-fix responsibility on one individual throughout the standard identification system depending on the arrival sequence of members companies and command officers, ensure a strong direct visible command presence from the onset, provide A system to process information to support incident management planning and decision-making, Orley transfer of command to subsequent arriving officers, ensure a seamless transition from type 5/4 to a type 3/2/1 NIMS

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Tactical priorities in order

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Remove endangered occupants and treat the injured

Stabilize the incident and provide for life safety

Conserve property

Provide for the safety accountability and welfare of personnel

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Functions of command

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Assume and announce command establish command post

Rapids size up

Initiate and maintain control effective communications

Provide steady adequate and timely stream of appropriate resources

Identify strategy, develop IAP

Sectorize and delegate

Review revise keep IAP current

Continue, transfer, or termination of command

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On scene report

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Engine 14 to alarm, engine 14 on scene of a small house with a working fire, engine 14 Laying a line and taking handline in for search/rescue fire attack, we are in the offense of strategy, engine 14 is 32nd Ave. command

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Follow up report

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32nd Ave. command to alarm, engine 14 will be north side accountability. Give me the balance of the first alarm. Engine 14 has IRIC in place

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Command modes

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Investigative -Nothing showing

Fast attack-Visible working fire, critical life safety situation

Command mode-Stationary command post

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Fast attack mobile command mode

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Should not last more than few minutes and will and with one of the following

Situation stabilized, command transferred,move to command mode

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Command team-incident advisory team

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Senior advisor, incident commander and support officer become the command team

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Responsibility of the incident commander

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Perform the functions of command to achieve the tactical objectives

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Responsibilities of support officer

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Define evaluate and recommend changes to the incident action plan, provide direction relating to tactical priorities and fireground factors, become safety officer, evaluate needs for additional resources, assign logistics responsibilities, assist with tactical worksheet, evaluate fire ground organization

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Responsibilities of senior adviser

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Provide ongoing review of the overall incident, review organizational structure expand to meet incident needs, initiate sections or branches as required, provide liaison with other cities and officials,forecast events, compared to transition to long-term operations

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Three command levels

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Strategic level-overall direction of incident

Tactical level-sectors

Task level-companies

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Utilizing sectors

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Reduces ICs span of control, more effective communications, divide large geographical incidents into effectively sized units, provides many support functions, improves firefighter safety

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Establishing a sector

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Define tactical objectives

Give radio designation i.e. roof sector, East sector

Identify resources assigned

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Reasonable and maximum span of control for sector

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Reasonable-five companies, maximum-seven companies

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Odd geographic boundaries

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Sector A B C or D maybe used. A would be the front and then go clockwise around the building alphabetically

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Multistory occupancies

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Sectors usually indicated by floor numbers i.e. sector 15 indicates 15 floor can be sector 15 E. or sector 15 W. if large areas

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Can report

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Conditions, actions, needs

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Adding branches

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Decreases communication load on the IC i.e. Firebranch, medical branch, hazard branch

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Logistics section

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Logistics provides services and support systems

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Planning section

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Responsible for gathering assimilating analyzing and processing information needed for effective decision-making

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Operations section

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Responsible for tactical priorities accountability safety and welfare of personnel working

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Administration section

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Evaluates and manages the risk and financial requirements

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In transit

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The time it takes for a company to reach their assignment area after receiving an order

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On deck

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Forward staging position located just outside the immediate hazard zone safely distanced from the entrance of a tactical position/sector

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Company recycling

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Timely and efficient means of a replacement and rehydration of companies while maintaining their sector assignments

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Mayday situation

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Any situation where a firefighter is unable to safely exit the hazard zone or an event that cannot be resolved by that individual within 30 seconds

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May day readiness

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Maintaining a high level of May Day readiness at all times includes every day preparation and prevention as well as practiced ability to communicate and respond to a Mayday scenario

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Grab lives procedures

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G check air gauge
R radio
A activate pass
B breathing control
L stay low
I illuminate
V volume loud noises
E find exit
S shield airway
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Accountability

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Passport system will be used to effectively track firefighters in the hot zone. Stickers, hose ID tag

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Passport rules

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Passports reflect only personnel presently in the hot sun, deliver to assign accountability location prior to entering hot zone, maintain at the point of entry to the hot zone, retrieved by crews upon exiting on zone, location where crews deployed hose lines

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Two in two out

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Plug man and engineer

Captain and senior firefighter

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Evacuations

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Site evacuation, small number of citizens or workers at the site or near areas

Intermediate level evacuation, normally fewer than 100 people

Large scale evacuation thousands of citizens could be evacuated

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Door to door notifications for evacuating

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Be in uniform, wear helmet, 35 second blasts of siren while on yelp setting beginning at each block and every 50 yards after that. Where S CBA and facepiece hose is not attached

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Engine functions

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Search rescue treatment, stretch hoselines, operate nozzles, pump hose lines, loss control

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Ladder truck functions

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Search rescue treatment, ventilate, forcible entry, raise ladders, provide access check extension, utilities, lighting, operate ladder pipes, perform overhaul, extrication, loss control

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Rescue functions

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Transport sick and injured to hospitals, search rescue treatment, maintain retrievable status for victim treatment and transport, general firefighting duties per command

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Tactical priorities

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Rescue - all clear

Fire control - under control

Property conservation - loss stopped

Considered complete when declared

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Seven sides of the building

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Front, rear, both sides, top, bottom, interior

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Fire ground strategy

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Offensive or defensive, sometimes marginal if rescue profile is involved.

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Complaints

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Unfounded = did not occur
Exonerated = occurred but justifies
Not Sustained = insufficient evidence to prove or disprove the allegation
Sustained = All or part occurred as alleged. Must be proved

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Risk management plan

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We may risk our lives a lot to protect savable lives

We may risk our lives a little to protect property

We will not risk our lives at all to say what is already lost

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Tactical positions that are dangerous

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Working above the fire, where fire can move in behind them, where sector cannot control position/retreat, when involved with opposing fire streams, combining interior and exterior attack, limited access one way in one way out, operating under involved roof structures, in areas containing hazmat materials, below ground fires, areas where a backdraft potential exists, above/below ground rescue

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On the fire ground personnel shall be

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In staging, assigned to a task or operating within a sector, after completing an assignment be in staging or get reassigned

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Laddering a roof

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The ladder selected Shall be one which will extend 2 to 3 feet above the roofline

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Operating either above or below ground level

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Establish at least two separate escape routes where possible

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Hot zone

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Any area that requires an SCBA, charged hoseline, special protective clothing or in which firefighting personnel are at risk of becoming lost trapped or injured by the environment or structure

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Minimum crew size in hot zone

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2 personnel

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Warm zone

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Just outside of the hot zone

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Cold zone

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Outside of the warm zone where no one is at risk because of the incident

IE command, level one and level two staging, support and staff personnel, canteen, rehab, media, PD liaison, interviewing RP

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All personnel in a hot zone

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Shall wear full turnouts, have crew in tact, be assigned to a sector

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Signs of building collapse

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Cracks in the exterior walls, bulges in exterior walls, sounds of structural movement-creaking, groaning, snapping, smoke or water leaking through walls, flexible movement of any floor or roof, interior or exterior bearing walls or columns weaning twisting or flexing, sagging, time of the fire involvement

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Early structural failure

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Parapet walls, large open unsupported areas, large signs or marquees, cantilevered canopies, ornamental front or side walls, buildings with lightweight trusses, Bar joist or bowstring truss, unprotected metal beams or columns

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Emergency traffic

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Any member has the authority to utilize emergency traffic

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Building evacuation

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Generally involves a shift from an offense of do a defensive strategy

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Search and rescue

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Shall be performed according to an efficient well planned procedure which includes the safety of search group personal

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Prior to entering search area

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Search team should be familiar with a specific search plan, overall objective and designation of search area, individual assignments. May require a brief conference Among crewmembers

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Searching with charged hoseline

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When search is conducted that exposes cruise to fire conditions to provide escape route

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High rise building fire

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With working fire are considered a high hazard area

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Elevators with firefighter service feature

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Engage the emergency operations

Take elevator to floor two floors below the suspected fire floor

Be prepared to close elevator door immediately usually by removing finger from door control button if fire or smoke or visible on the floor

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Elevators without emergency operations shall not be used as a working fire is indicated

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Menah-menah

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High-rise building fire perimeter

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Fire ground perimeter shall be established 200 feet from the building and observed by all fire personnel as a hazard area

80
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S CBA shall be used when

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In a contaminated atmosphere

In the atmosphere which may suddenly become contaminated

Atmosphere which is oxygen deficient

Atmosphere which is suspected of being contaminated or oxygen deficient

This includes any active fire area, directly above an active fire area, in a potential explosion or fire area including gas leaks and fuel spills

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Early ventilation

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Is important to the success of fire control operations in the safety of firefighters and victims

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Dangerous roofs

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Bowstring roofs-no firefighter shall operate on a bowstring roof if there is any evidence that the fire is structural

Residential tile roof-no firefighter shall operate on the roof of a residential structure covered with tile shingles

Commercial tile roofs-extreme caution must be used when operating on commercial tile roofs

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Ventilation hole

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Adequate size rule of thumb is at least 10% of the roof surface of the involved area

84
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Resource sector

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Provides identifiable location at which available supplies are assembled to provide immediate support when required

*for high rise resource is normally established five floors Below the on deck floor or any other safe and contaminated

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Rehab sector

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To prevent the risk of injury that may result from extended field operations under adverse conditions. Crews may be evaluated if needed. Automatically dispatched on first alarm or greater incidents

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Tactical support activities

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Those functions that assist active fire control and rescue operations-forcible entry, ventilation, axis

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Ventilate a building for two reasons

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Prevent mushrooming and to gain and maintain entry

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Vertical ventilation

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Close to directly over the fire as possible, is the most effective form of ventilation for working fires

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On “Fires”

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It is not normal to put your hose in the hole. Wink wink. Ah thank you

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Standard attack team

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2 engine companies plus a ladder company.

Provides for adequate water supply and capability for forward and key pumper

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Loss control

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To reduce and in many cases eliminate certain losses experienced during and following fires or other incidents

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Salvage

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Includes activities required to stop direct indirect fire damage in addition to those required to minimize the effects of firefighting operations

Objectives-stop or reduce the source of damage, protect or remove contents

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Overhaul

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To reduce the incidence of secondary fires control loss and stabilize the incident while providing for firefighter safety

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Secondary fires

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Attic fires compose a special hazard for secondary fires

Incident commander is responsible for ensuring that the fire area has been thoroughly overhauled

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Overhaul/defensive fires

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Overhaul will not be conducted on structures declared defensive

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Occupant services

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Liaison between fire department at citizens directly or indirectly affected by the incident

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Hydrant water supply

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Companies approaching scene with evidence of working fire should lay their own supply line.

Exceptions-obvious critical rescue, unsure of actual fire location, hydrant within 50 feet of fire

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Pumped water

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Companies should stage on hydrants in case of need to pump hydrant. Pumped water provides a large volumes of water for master streams, ladder pipes or multiple attack lines

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Master stream supply lines

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4” supply line - about 850 GPM
5” supply line-about 1000 GPM

5 inch hose has one third friction loss of 4 inch hose therefore providing greater volume

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Attack hose line placement

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First stream place between fire and persons endangered by. When no life endangered first dream place between fire in most severe exposure.

Second hose should be placed to protect secondary means of egress

Additional hose should cover other critical areas

When possible cruise ship position hose and manner that directs support of risky activities, begins confinement, protects exposures and loss control

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Solid stream

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Greater penetration, reach and striking power. Less steam conversion

102
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Peripheral or fog nozzle or automatic

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Increased heat absorption/expansion. Shorter reach. Most effective in confined spaces and protecting exposures

103
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1 3/4 hoseline

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Fast, mobile, greater volume, 175 GPM

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2” hoseline

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Reasonable speed, mobility and variable volume pressure and nozzle, up to 350 GPM

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2 1/2” hoseline

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Slow, difficult to move, volume 250 GPM

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Elevated master stream

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Mostly stationary, slow to set up-maximum water, 500 to 1000 GPM

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Engine mounted master stream

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Fast, large volume, great reach and penetration, 500 to 1000 GPM

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Basement fires

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Crews should not open nozzles until they can see and or are near the fire, crews should not use fog streams, Street streams should be used because steam production will be extensive

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Air attack

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Fixed wing aircraft with a pilot and air attack group supervisor on board

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Rotary wing

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Helicopter used for recon, crew shuttle, waterdrops

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Fixed wing

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Any airplane used on incident for air resource coordination, air attack or retardant drops

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S E A T

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Single engine air tanker -holds 600 to 800 gallon retardant

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Large air tanker

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Holds up to 3000 gallons of retardant

114
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V L A T or very large Air tanker

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DC10 holds 10,000 gallons of retardant

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LZ landing zone

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Large area clear of obstructions where rotary wing aircraft can land

116
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Dip site

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Large area clear of obstructions with a 300 foot approach and the departure all directions, path clear of structures and personnel with water supply from Lake, pond, or bout wall supplied by water tender or engine utilizing hydrant. Use dust abatement.

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Aircraft use and restrictions

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No water drops at night, rotary with external load shall not fly over occupied structures

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Car fires

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Minimum level of protection for firefighter is full protective clothing breathing air from there at SCBA including captains

Minimum hoseline 1 1/2 line

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When patients trapped in the car fire

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Water should be first applied to protect patients and permit rescue

120
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Liquid petroleum gas or LPG

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Pressure can increase and cause bleve. Take action to control the fire and cool the tank.

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Multi patient incident

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Incidents with fewer than 25 patients

122
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Mass casualty incident

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Incidents involving 25 to 100 patients

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A disaster

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Any incidents involving more than 100 patients

124
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EMS tactical objectives

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To be completed during any multi patient mass casualty incident-completion of triage report, declaration of all immediates transported

125
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Transport priority order

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Immediate, delayed but may be upgraded to immediate, delayed, minor

126
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Triage tags

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Should be used anytime there are three or more immediate patients or more than 10 patients

127
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EMS incident arrival

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First arriving company will go to the scene as well as the first paramedic unit, first ladder, first chief, and first rescue. All others will use level one staging

128
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EMS basic sectors

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Triage, extrication, treatment, transportation

129
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Trench rescue

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First arriving company officer assumes command. No apparatus within 50 feet of trench failure. Level one staging at least 150 feet from failure. First writing TRT unit staff with TRT company officer assigned rescue sector

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Trench rescue ops

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Level one staging 150 feet

Non-E sensual traffic 300 feet

No heavy equipment operating within 300 feet

131
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Communications

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PFD will respond to any emergency situation that threatens life safety or property

132
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Jurisdiction

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Ardency incidents within the automatic aid boundaries served by the PF DRDC will be dispatched without regard to jurisdiction.

Enhanced mutual aidwith rule Metro and Gila River and one-way automatic aid onto Luke Air Force Base

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Unit selection by alarm

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The CAD system recommends the closest most appropriate units for dispatch based on availability current location and capabilities

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Balance of assignment

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Balance of assignment is a request for the dispatch of the additional units necessary to upgrade the response type

135
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Greater alarm

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A request for the dispatch of additional units using predefined requirement sets. No consideration is given to units already assigned to the incident

136
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Types of second alarms

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Brush, hazardous materials, high-rise, medical, rehab, rescue, structural, structural/medical

137
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Apparatus placement

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Apparatus function should regulate placement

138
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Apparatus placement at fire ground

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Maintain center lane if possible. Units should stay 30 feet away from involved buildings even with nothing showing. Beware of overhead powerlines. Key tactical positions should be identified and engines placed in those locations with a strong water supply

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Apparatus placement in or near traffic

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Position apparatus at the scene of emergencies in a manner the best protects the work area and personnel from traffic or other hazards

140
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Emergency lights

A

Daytime leave all emergency lights on. Nighttime turn off headlights reduce lighting to yellow lights and emergency flashers were possible

141
Q

Traffic cone placement

A

Speed 25 miles an hour-65 feet

Speed 40 miles an hour-105 feet

Speed 60 miles an hour-160 feet

Place and retrieve cones while facing the traffic

142
Q

Code 3 driver and co driver

A

Engine ladder ladder tenders and rescues should have 2 PFD members in the front seats whenever possible while responding code 3

143
Q

Code 3 driving

A

Center for oncoming-20 mph max

Favorable conditions 10 mph over

Unfavorable conditions-posted speed limit

Using center or oncoming lanes come to complete stop before proceeding through intersection even when the light is green

144
Q

Backing up

A

Avoid backing whenever possible. If backing unavoidable spotters shall be used. If no spotter driver Shall 360 the apparatus

145
Q

Seatbelts

A

While driving or passenger seatbelts will be used at all times when operating any city vehicle

146
Q

Ladder tenders

A

Provide a full level of truck capabilities while extending the service life of the larger more costly apparatus

147
Q

Freeway response

A

Responding to calls on the freeway respond code 2. Alternating headlights and rear flashers maybe used. Proceed in the opposite direction of normal flow only if directed by DPS

148
Q

Freeway lanes

A

Lanes numbered from center to side of road. Median, Lane one lane to lane three, emergency lane

149
Q

HOV lane

A

HOV lane is the HOV lane, not lane one

150
Q

Papago tunnels

A

There are two vehicular tunnels eastbound vehicular and westbound vehicular. Each with 5 lanes. There is a single bus transit tunnel between each tunnel

151
Q

Tunnel access doors

A

There are four total access doors. Two for each direction locked from the transit tunnel side.

152
Q

Tunnel ventilation

A

There are four ventilation rooms two for each vehicle tunnel. Air flow determined by carbon monoxide and readings. Each room has two fans. Each has a total of four fans providing ventilation

153
Q

Vent room excess

A

Access is from the surface of the deck park via structures on the deck. Each room is 35 feet below the surface

154
Q

ADOT Control room

A

Located below the Central Avenue overpass on the south side. Serves as control and communications center for the Tonnele. Staffed 24 hours a day with video monitoring capability. Room equipped with smoke detection and Halon suppression system

155
Q

Tunnel discharge fans

A

Discharge 400,000 cubic feetper minute when at full exhaust

156
Q

Tunnel water supply

A

Hydrant cabinets in to vehicle totals approximately every 300 feet on alternating sides of the total 600 feet on the same side. Each cabinet has a 2 1/2 inch fitting and a 4 inch hydrant fitting. Fed by 6 inch water means. Wet system. A four way fire department standpipe connection to support the wall hydrant system is located on Culver 50 feet west of central intake fittings on the connection is 2 1/2 inches. No water supply in the vent rooms

157
Q

Papago tunnel communications

A

A radio repeater system is installed to provide communications to alarm the afar channels 123 and medical channels three and nine. Repeat twice to avoid loss of message. Also emergency telephone cabinets located every 150 feet on both sides in the tunnels. Each telephone booth has a dry Chem extinguisher a fire alarm pull station and a security tamper switch. Emergency telephone is also a alternative communication to the control room operator.

158
Q

Tunnel emergency power

A

One diesel generator supplies power to Tunnel. When on emergency power limited lighting, fire detection, tunnel telephones, cameras, CO monitoring. Fans operate at 1/3 to 1/2 normal supply

159
Q

Tunnel storm drain

A

There are two pump houses one at third Avenue and one at third Street each with a 100,000 gallon sump in each pump house, pumps activated by floats in sumps. Explosion proof fixtures, phone suppression system, combustible vapor detection system. House is monitored by ADOT district office 22nd Ave. and Durango

160
Q

Violent incidents

A

Any type of incident in which fire Dept members may be exposed to harm as a result of a violent or threatening act

161
Q

Violent incident staging

A

Units should stage either in quarters or out of sight nearby the scene (level 2 staging) until scene is confirmed safe. Be cautious of being waived in by police. Maintain situational awareness it is crucial

162
Q

Operating at violent incidents

A

At no time should any fire department personnel operate within an active law-enforcement inner perimeter and less extenuating circumstances.fire personnel will not be directly involved in law-enforcement assault operations. Fire personnel will not enter in area that is not secure and safe to enter. Safety is number one priority of all first responders

163
Q

Less experienced firefighter

A

A probationary firefighter OR two years total experience assigned to firefighting duties

164
Q

Lifting/pulling

A

Use your legs to lift- bend your knees, keep your back straight, do not twist your body while lifting reposition your feet to avoid twisting, to lift heavy objects get your body as close to the object as possible, use a back support device if previous back problems

165
Q

AHB (africanized honeybees) attack

A

2 units respond. 1 ALS & 1 ladder & a batt chief. Stege proximately 150 feet from the colony. Don protective clothing

166
Q

Fighting honeybees

A

Attack using 1 1/2 hose and use foam pumped at 200 psi at 95 GPM fog pattern sweeping the air around FFs and patient

Engineer Test (7 decks)

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